Rifle-sight attachment.



33-233, OR laZVB-NEO SR P. PASZNICKI.

RIFLE SIGHT ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION HLED MAR.'30,I9I8- 1,275,730. Patented Aug! 13, 1918.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PIOTR PASZNICKI, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

RIFLE-SIGHT ATTACHMENT.

Application filed March 30, 1918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PIOTR PASZNICKI, a subject of the Emperor of Austria, residing at Toronto, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rifle-Sight Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of an attachment for gun sights for assisting the marksman in obtaining a more accurate aim when using the weapon by converting the ordinary blade sight into a form of inclosed or globe sight.

A further object of the device is to provide a sight guide also acting as a guard for the forward sight of a gun as well as strengthening the barrel upon which the same is mounted.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a strengthening means for gun barrel serving as an auxiliary sighting means and also preventing the barrel from coming in contact with objects which will polish the barrel giving it an external shiny surface capable of reflecting light into the eyes of the person using the gun and preventing accurate aim.

In the drawing forming a part of this application and in which like numerals refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views Figure 1 is a side elevation of a muzzle portion of a rifle barrel provided with a blade sight;

Fi 2 is a similar view thereof with my attac ment operatively positioned thereon; Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the same;

Fig. 4 is an elevational view thereof look ing in the direction of the muzzle; and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the device detached.

My device may be employed with any of the usual forms of forward sights with which rifles are provided, such for instance as the inverted V-shaped blade sight 10 mounted upon the top of the barrel 11 as herein set forth by way of illustration, the said sight having it upper sharpened edge 12 tapered forwardly toward the muzzle 13 and which construction arranges a sharpened point or corner 14 upon the meeting of the two sides and rear face of the sight presenting a sharp outline to the line of Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 13, 1918.

Serial No. 225,689.

vision when aiming the gun. The oblique opposite sides 15 of thesight 10 are in the form of trapezoids while the opposite end walls 16 and 17 thereof forwardly and rearwardly positioned respectively are substantially triangular in shape, the rear wall 17 having the greater area.

The attachment 18 is provided for employment with the sight 10 consisting of a resilient split ring 19 having its sides arcuate in cross section, the opposite free end portions of the ring having upstanding parallel plates 20 of substantially trapezoidal form. The ring 19 is sprung upon the barrel 11 encircling the same with the plates 20 arranged at opposite sides of the sight 10 forming a straight passage between the plates 20 with the sight 10 positioned centrally thereof. Inwardly extending flanges 21 are provided at the upper free edges of the plates 20, the said upper edges and flanges being inclined rearwardly or in other words in an opposite direction from the inclination of the sharp edge 12 of the sight 10.

By this arrangement, better aim can be obtained when the device 18 is in its operated position, the operator readily glancing downwardly of the flanges 21 to their rear end and easily obtaining a correct sight upon the rear point 14 of the sight 10 as guided by the points 22 at the rear extremities of the flanges 21. The flange points 22 are equally equidistant from the sight corner 14 and the manner of sighting between the said points 14 and 22 is similar to the employment of a globe or circular sight permitting the operator to easily and quickly obtain a perfect aim upon the target.

The thickness of the ring 19 gradually increases from the plates 20 toward its central point 23 which is of its greatest thickness, such point being at a point arranged upon the barrel 11 diametrically opposite the sight 10. The ring 19 although slightly re- 100 silient possesses great strength adapted to reinforce and strengthen the barrel 11 preventing the same from splitting while the encircling position of the ring 19 when operatively arranged prevents the barrel 11 105 from coming in contact with objects when the gun is laid aside. It is designed in this manner to prevent the barrel from becoming shiny by contacting other objects and it will be underst od that the plates 20 also act as 110 l? Id guards to protect the sight 10 which is of less length than the partially inclosing plates 20.

'What I claim as new is 1. In combination with a gun barrel, a sight mounted thereon having substantially triangular front and rear walls and a sharp upper edge inclined toward the muzzle of the barrel and a sharpened upper corner, a resilient split ring encircling the barrel adjacent said sight, outwardly projecting parallel plates carried by the ring of greater length than the sight and arranged at opposite sides thereof, inturned flanges upon the outer free edges of said plates rearwardly inclined with rear terminal sighting points positioned equidistant from the said rear corner of the sight.

2. In combination with a gun barrel, a sight mounted thereon having substantially triangular front and rear walls and a sharp upper edge inclined toward the muzzle of the barrel and a sharpened upper corner, a resilient split ring encircling the barrel adjacent said sight, outwardly projecting parallel plates carried by the ring of greater length than the sight and arranged at opposite sides thereof, inturned flanges upon the outer free edges of said plates rearwardly inclined with rear terminal sighting points positioned equidistant from the said rear corner of the sight, the said ring being substantially semi-circular in cross section and of gradually increasing dimensions from the said plates to a point in the ring opposite thereof adapted for strengthening a barrel when the device is operatively mounted thereon.

3. In combination with a gun barrel, a blade sight carried thereby having a sharpened outer edge inclined toward the muzzle of the barrel, plates arranged upon the barrel in parallel relations at opposite sides of the sight having inturned flanges arranged in a plane outwardly of the said edge and inclined rearwardly with sighting points at their rear extremities equidistant from the rear corner of the sight.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

PIOTR PASZNICKI.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. (2. 

